{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"TechCrunch","provider_url":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com","author_name":"Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai","author_url":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/author\/lorenzo-franceschi-bicchierai\/","title":"Hacking conference Def Con bans three people linked to Epstein | TechCrunch","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"U8bHcJolfj\"><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/02\/18\/hacking-conference-def-con-bans-three-people-linked-to-epstein\/\">Hacking conference Def Con bans three people linked to Epstein<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/02\/18\/hacking-conference-def-con-bans-three-people-linked-to-epstein\/embed\/#?secret=U8bHcJolfj\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Hacking conference Def Con bans three people linked to Epstein&#8221; &#8212; TechCrunch\" data-secret=\"U8bHcJolfj\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/def-con-conference-2025.jpg?w=999","thumbnail_width":999,"thumbnail_height":600,"description":"The Def Con hacking conference banned hackers Pablos Holman and Vincenzo Iozzo, as well as former MIT Media Lab director Joichi Ito, from attending the annual conference after their reported connections with Jeffrey Epstein."}